Loom temple



Oct. 14, 1930. A. E. BURGESS 1,778,290

, LOOM TEMPLE Filed Sept. 3) 1929 l g. INVENTOR.

A TTORNEYJ Patented Oct. 14, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ABNER E. BURGESS, OF GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR TO BAHAN TEXTILE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, A CORPORATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA LOOM TEMPLE Application filed September 3, 1929. Serial No. 390,170.

The object of the present invention is to provide means whereby the life of a loom temple may be prolonged. As is well known, loom temples are mounted within a housing and are yieldably fitted therein so that when the heel of the temple is struck by the lay of the loom the impact will prompt the temple to slide in its support and thereby avoid breakage of any of its parts. However, the temple roller and its cup eventually tuted therefor. The present invention provides a very simple device whereby the wear upon the shank of the temple may be taken up and the shank held to its proper rectilinear path within its support so that the temple roller will be maintained in proper relation to the yarn and the cutting of the yarn will be avoided. Loss due to cutting of the yarn is consequently minimized while the cost of new temples is overcome. The

.. invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing and will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a portion of a loom having my improved temple mounted thereon.

Figure '2 is an enlarged sectional top plan view of the temple removed.

Figure 3 is a detail section on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 2, showing a modification.

The loom may be of any known or approved type and includes the usual breast beam 1 and lay 2, as shown. The temple comprises the usual casing 3 which is secured upon the breast beam and within the casing is mounted the shank l of the temple which is held yieldably in the forward position by a coiled expansion spring fitted within the housing as is well known. At the outer end of the shank is mounted the roller guard 5 and the cup 6 which are of the usual construction. At the rear of the roller is a depending heel '7 against which the lay impinges at each pick of the loom. The continual impact of the lay against the heel 7 causes the shank 4t to slide back and forth within the casing 3 and this reciprocation of the shank in time causes wear upon the side of the same so that it no longer sits true in the mounting but assumes a relatively oblique position which causes the previously referred to angular disposition of the roller and the parts immediate adjacent the same. In carrying out the present invention there is provided a bracket 8 which is bolted upon the flange of the mounting or casing 3 and projects from the inner end thereof parallel with the shank 4, as shown clearly in Figure 2. At the end of the bracket 8 there is threaded therethrough a screw 9 having an enlarged fiat head 10 upon its end disposed between the bracket and the shank and arranged to bear against the shank, as shown clearly in Figures 2 and 8. A look nut 11 is mounted upon the screw at the outer side of the bracket and is adapted to bear against the bracket to maintain the screw in its set position. IVhen the shank I has worn so that it no longer sits true within its casing, the screw 9 is turned slightly so that the head 10 will impinge against the side of the shank and thereby cause the shank to fit squarely against the outer wall of the passage within which it is mounted. It should be particularly noted that the screw head 10 is flat faced and is of appreciably greater diameter than the diameter of the screw so that it furnishes an extended bearing for the shank to not only hold it in its proper position but it will provide a substantial support for the shank as it wears and the screw is adjusted to take up the wear.

In the construction shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 and previously described, the bracket 8 is a separate element and is bolted to the housing or casing 3 in which the shank of the temple is mounted. This form of the invention is especially adapted to be applied to temples and looms which are now in use. In constructing new temples, however, the arrange- .40. be turned home against the support.

' the cost of maintenance of the loom is very v ment illustrated in Figure 4 will preferably be employed. In this form of the invention the bracket 12 is formed as an integral part of the housing of the temple and extends beyond the end of the housing tosupport the adjustable bearing screw, the screw being of the same form shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 and equipped with the same fiat bearing head and lock nut. lnb'oth forms of the invention, the V notch '13 is formed in the outer end of the screw to be engaged by a screw driver or simi- V lar tool whereby to efiect the necessary adj ustment of the screw. The device is obviousr. 7

1y exceedingly simple in construction and may be applied to existing templesat a very low cost and also included in new temples without greatly increasing the expense of manufacture; In adjusting the device, the

lock nut 11 is slightly loosened, after which the screw is turned up to make the, proper contact with the shank of the temple and the lock nut then again turned-home. A very slight turn of the screw will maintain its engagement with the shank and a single temple may be used for a very much longer period than is now possible before being discarded so that materially reduced. The loss due to the cutting of the yarn and the necessary repairof the fabric is practically eliminated by the use of the improved device.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is: J

1. The combination with av loom temple and its support, of a bearing element at the side of the shank, said'element consisting of a screw adjustable transversely with respect to the temple shank and provided at one end with a flat head to bear against the side of the shank, and a lock nut mounted on the screw to :2. The combination with a loom. temple and its support, of a bracket extending from the inner end of the support parallel with the shank ofthe temple, a screw mounted transverscly in the end of said bracket, a flat head at the inner end of the screw bearing against the side ofthe temple shank, and a lock nut on the screw at the opposite side of the bracket 7 adapted to be turned home against the same. In testimony whereof I aifix myv signature.

ABNER E. BURGESS. [11. s] 

